Sporotrichosis in Himachal Pradesh (north India)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  Ghosh, A ^a   Chakrabarti, A ^a   Sharma, V K ^a   Singh, K ^b   Singh, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Panchrukhi Public Health Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; India; Occupation; Skin tests; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATION; SEX RATIO; SKIN TEST; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHUM; SPOROTRICHUM SCHENCKII;

EID: 0033051550     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90173-6     Document Type: Article

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